More information year, gift; propriety; rite ... year gift; propriety; rite trad. (年禮) 年 禮 simp. (年礼) 年 礼 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): niánlǐ (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ Cantonese (Jyutping): nin4 lai5 Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): nî-lé (Teochew, Peng'im): ni5 loi2 Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: niánlǐ Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄧˇ Tongyong Pinyin: niánlǐ Wade–Giles: nien2-li3 Yale: nyán-lǐ Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nianlii Palladius: няньли (njanʹli) Sinological IPA (key): /ni̯ɛn³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: nin4 lai5 Yale: nìhn láih Cantonese Pinyin: nin4 lai5 Guangdong Romanization: nin4 lei5 Sinological IPA (key): /niːn²¹ lɐi̯¹³/ Southern Min (Hokkien) Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî-lé Tâi-lô: nî-lé Phofsit Daibuun: nilea IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² le⁵³/ IPA (Quanzhou): /nĩ²⁴⁻²² le⁵⁵⁴/ IPA (Zhangzhou): /nĩ¹³⁻²² le⁵³/ IPA (Taipei): /nĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ le⁵³/ IPA (Kaohsiung): /nĩ²³⁻³³ le⁴¹/ (Teochew) Peng'im: ni5 loi2 Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nî lói Sinological IPA (key): /ni⁵⁵⁻¹¹ loi⁵²/ Noun 年禮 year-end presents 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “年”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 402: 伊來送年禮。 [Teochew, trad.]伊来送年礼。 [Teochew, simp.]i1 lai5 sang3 ni5 loi2. [Peng'im]He brings new year's presents.